Telephone call reminder



w. F. TIMMERMANN 1,981,156

TELEPHONE CALL REMINDER Filed Nov. 20, 1935 W/ ///am F 77mmermapn,

Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

The invention relates to devices for listing incoming telephone calls.It has for its main ob-- ject to provide a device which contains meansfor holding a notation slip and which may be placed on the hand set ofthe so-called French type telephone, so that this hand set cannot beremoved without first removing the device. Another object is to soconstruct the device that it may serve other utilitarian or ornamentalpurposes. A further object is to provide a device of simple constructionand attractive appearance which can be manufactured at low cost.

These and various other objects and advantages will be readilyunderstood from the following description and from the accompanyingdrawing of preferred embodiment of the invention in which, however,modifications may be made without departing from the scope of theappended claims. In the drawing Fig. 1 is a fragmental front view of atelephone on which my device has been placed,

Fig. 2 a side view of the device itself,

Fig. 3 a front view of a somewhat modified device, and i Fig. 4 a topview of Fig. 3.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, a part of the stand of a so-calledFrench telephone is shown at 10 and the hand set at 11. My deviceconsists of a base 12 in which a channel-shaped groove 13 is formed andon top of which a paper clip, or holder, 14 is secured. The groove andthe bottom of the base is preferably covered with a piece of felt, orother soft fabric, 15.

The device is used in this manner. Ordinarily, it rests on a desk ortable on which the telephone is also located. When a telephone call isreceived and the person for whom the call is intended is absent, anotation is made on a slip of paper 16 and this slip is secured in thespring clip 14. The whole device is now placed on the hand set 11, asshown in Fig. 1. It is evident that the telephone cannot now be usedagain without the removal of the device and that the removal of thedevice will call attention to the notation on the paper slip, thuseliminating any danger of the call being forgotten.

When not in use the device will serve as a paper weight, but it may bemade to serve many other useful or ornamental purposes. An example ofthis is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 where a holder 17 for a box ofmatches or for a package of cigarettes is shown secured on top of thebase. In this case a paper clip 18 is formed on the holder. It will bereadily seen that the device may thus be constructed to serve many otheruseful purposes.

Having described my invention and its objects, what I claim as new andwish to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a French-type telephone, a relatively heavy basehaving a length slightly shorter than the distance between the pairs ofprongs provided on the stands which are used for supporting the hand-setof such telephones, a deep groove formed in the bottom of the base forloosely straddling the hand-set between the said prongs when thehand-set is in place on the stand, and a memorandum holder mounted onthe base.

2. In combination with a French-type telephone, a relatively heavy basehaving a length slightly shorter than the distance between the pair ofprongs provided on the stands which are used for supporting the hand-setof such telephones, 2. deep groove formed in the bottom of the base forloosely straddling the hand-set between the said prongs when thehand-set is in place on the stand, a memorandum holder mounted on thebase, and the bottom of the base made fiat to form a foot upon which thedevice will rest when not in use on the hand-set.

WILLIAM F. TIMMERMANN.

